While yet 'twas dark, ere break of day
The women hastened on their way
And sought the place where Jesus lay.
And there, behold! at break of day,
As fled the shadows thick and gray,
The stone already rolled away!
Seek we a Saviour in the tomb,
Amid the shadows and the gloom?
Before us does some great stone loom?
Be not dismayed! though dark the way,
We too shall see, at break of day,
The Christ hath rolled the stone away!
